George W. Bush Presidential Library

News about the George W. Bush Presidential Library, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Sep. 9, 2014

Former presidents Bill Clinton and George W Bush introduce joint program called Presidential Leadership Scholars, which aims to train young leaders through a collaboration of their presidential libraries and those of the elder George Bush and Lyndon B Johnson; program will inaugurate its first class in February 2015. MORE

May. 26, 2013

Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column notes that Pres Obama, in his national security speech, sought to distance himself from former Pres George W Bush's legacy, even as Bush seems to be attempting to do the same thing with his presidential library and museum. MORE

Apr. 26, 2013

Editorial deplores Guantanamo Bay Naval Base prison facility with its lawless detentions, saying it symbolizes legacy of former Pres George W Bush in darker, truer way than the George W Bush Presidential Library and Museum; holds prison should never have been opened and stains America's human rights record. MORE

Apr. 25, 2013

Pres Obama, preparing to help dedicate George W Bush Presidential Library and Museum, embarks on awkward ritual; task is especially acute when Bush and Obama come from opposing parties and such different sensibilities; Obama must hit grace notes without appearing inconsistent with past criticism or, worse, hypocritical. MORE

Apr. 25, 2013

Aaron Moser of company Thos Moser, which supplied furniture to George W Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, discusses process of creating 'presidential' furniture. MORE

Apr. 21, 2013

George W Bush Presidential Library and Museum will be officially dedicated on campus of Southern Methodist University in ceremony that will bring together Pres Obama and four living ex-presidents; $250 million complex houses 13th presidential library, third in Texas, and visitors to interactive theater will be presented with stark choices that confronted nation's 43rd president. MORE

Apr. 16, 2013

George W and Laura Bush welcome arrival of their first grandchild, born to daughter Jenna and her husband Henry Hager, one week before opening of Bush's 226,565-square-foot presidential library in Dallas. MORE

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Margaret Spellings, who worked for Mr. Bush in the White House and became education secretary, will take over as president of the George W. Bush Foundation in September. She will also direct Mr. Bush’s public policy institute.